30/05/2025
🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES MPOX UPDATE
As of May 29, 2025
🚨 Breaking News: Davao de Oro Confirms First Case
📍 Davao de Oro (Davao Region)
✅ Confirmed: 1 case (Maco)
⚠️ Suspected: 2 in Maco, 1 in Nabunturan
🏥 Local Response:
Emergency measures activated.
Contact tracing and testing ongoing.
Face mask mandates in place in some municipalities.
📌 Summary by Region
📍 Mindanao
Confirmed: 19 cases
South Cotabato – 10
Sultan Kudarat – 3
Davao City – 2
Maguindanao del Norte – 2
North Cotabato – 1
Zamboanga Sibugay – 1
Suspected: 6 (including Cotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte & Sur)
📍 Iloilo City (Western Visayas)
Confirmed: 1
Suspected: 4
📍 Baguio City (CAR)
Confirmed: 4
Precautions enforced during public festivals and gatherings.
🛡️ PH DOH Public Safety Guidelines
🧼 Wash hands frequently or use alcohol-based sanitizer
😷 Avoid close contact with symptomatic individuals
🛌 Isolate sick household members
🧴 Clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces
🏥 Seek medical attention if symptoms appear
🧍 Use face masks in public or crowded spaces
🌍 The Bigger Problem Behind Mpox & Lockdowns in the Philippines
The monkeypox (Mpox) virus is a real concern, but it’s not the only issue we’re facing. The bigger problem is our weak healthcare system and the government's habit of applying “band-aid” solutions. The Philippines remains deep in debt, yet our leaders keep responding to crises with short-term fixes like lockdowns—without fixing the root causes.
Lockdowns may slow the virus, but they don’t solve the long-term issues. In truth, it’s safer to assume the virus will continue spreading because we are not fully prepared—no health care for all, no real safety nets for the poor, and no sustainable public health reform.
🇵🇭 What We’re Seeing Now: DOH is recommending isolation, hygiene, and contact tracing
🛑 Yes, a Lockdown Might Happen Again
And like before, only certain people will be allowed to move freely. But the truth is, only a few are privileged enough to keep working. Most Filipinos will suffer job losses, hunger, and mental health issues—all while those with passes can move around.
✅ Who Will Be Allowed to Move (APOR List)
Here’s a full list of people who were allowed to go out during past lockdowns (and likely will again):
Health & Medical
Doctors, nurses, hospital staff, barangay health workers
Emergency responders and ambulance teams
Security
Police, military, barangay tanods, private guards
Essential Services
Grocery and market workers
Delivery riders and couriers (Grab, Lalamove, etc.)
Pharmacy, water, fuel, and electricity staff
Government & Utilities
LGU workers with ID
Social workers, DSWD
Public transport and infrastructure workers
Financial
Bank employees, remittance centers
Media
Reporters, radio/TV crew (with IATF ID)
Education & Legal
Teachers (limited work)
Lawyers and notaries (for urgent services)
Travel & Wellness
OFWs, airport staff
Mental health professionals, wellness workers (if permitted)
⚖️ What This Really Means
If the lockdown returns, those in law enforcement, government, wellness, and media will still move—but the rest of the country will suffer again.
And while a virus might be temporary, the poverty, hunger, and inequality it exposes are not.
Until we demand real, long-term change in public health, education, and social support, the cycle will repeat:
Lockdown. Suffer. Survive. Repeat.
📢 “Ang impormasyon ay para sa kaligtasan, hindi para manakot.”
📲 Official DOH updates: www.doh.gov.ph
✅ Key Message from the Department of Health (DOH)
"Stay alert, not afraid. Follow official advisories, report symptoms early, and practice hygiene and distancing."
📢 “Ang impormasyon ay para sa kaligtasan, hindi para manakot.”
📲 Official DOH Updates: www.doh.gov.ph
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REFERENCE: (NOT A FAKE NEWS)🧐
PLEASE READ THE LINK FROM WHO FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/mpox
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GMA Network. (2025, April 18). Davao detects 2 cases of mpox Clade II. Retrieved from https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/943167/davao-city-confirms-2-mpox-cases-1-patient-dies/story/
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GMA Network
Cebu Daily News. (2025, May 29). Talisay confirms mpox case; Mandaue probes suspected infections. Retrieved from https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/639775/talisay-city-confirms-mpox-case-mandaue-probes-suspected-infections
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Philippine Information Agency
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